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Exam MAS-I Practice Question 7

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Ground-up loss severity X has a continuous distribution on (0, \infty) with finite mean. Next year every loss will be 10% larger. Policy terms are fixed in dollars unless a statement says otherwise.

Determine which of the following statements about the insurer's expected payment per loss are true.

  • I. Under an ordinary deductible with no policy limit, it rises by more than 10%.

  • II. Under a policy limit with no deductible, it rises by more than 10%.

  • III. Under 80% coinsurance with no deductible and no limit, it rises by exactly 10%.

  • A) I only

  • B) I and II only

  • C) I and III only

  • D) II and III only

  • E) The answer is not given by (A), (B), (C), or (D)

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